ROLI Lightpad Block M - ROL-001591

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ROLI Lightpad Block M - ROL-001591

Reach for the ultimate music-making surface that fits in the palm of your hand. The next-generation Lightpad Block features a redesigned surface that offers an even more tactile, responsive, and precise playing experience.

Features:

Super sonic and easy to pick up

The newest, most advanced Lightpad Block

Deeper, softer surface topped with 225 microkeywaves

50% brighter surface illumination from high-definition LEDs

100s of free sounds

Suite of music making software for desktop and mobile

Wireless and portable for making music on the go

Connects to other Blocks

Play a song, all on one surface
On one dynamic surface you can play beats, basslines, chords, and melodies — and tie them all together to make amazingly multi-layered songs

Beats
The Lightpad M is a beatmaking machine. Play beats like you're playing live drums, and choose from dozens of percussive sounds in the included Drum Kits and Groove Kits

Basslines
Add some bass. Whether it's an acoustic double bass or a snarling synth bass, your basslines will roll into cool new grooves with the slightest finger movements

Chords
Chords add texture to any song. Choose from dozens of chords in multiple keys. Chord Mode makes it even easier: you can play a chord just by striking a single note

Melodies
Breathe new life into melodies. Choose from dozens of melodic instrumental sounds and play them in a range of scales. Add flourishes on the fly through 5D Touch

Every movement is musical
On Lightpad M's tactile surface, you shape sounds and make music with Five Dimensions of Touch (5D Touch). Expression is right at your fingertips, so you can bring any musical idea to life

Strike
Strike to sound a note

Glide
Glide your fingers from side to side to bend the pitch, like on a string instrument

Slide
Slide up and down to modulate a sound, for example to add brightness or texture

Press
Press to deepen sounds, like a saxophone player does through breath

Lift
Lift to change a sound's resonance

Touch even deeper musical textures
The redesigned interface of the Lightpad M builds on the touch-responsive powers of the original Lightpad Block. Lightpad M's surface is deeper, softer, and defined by undulating microkeywaves — for an even more precise playing experience

Enhanced tactile feedback
Based on the wave-like surface of ROLI's Seaboard instruments, the 225 microkeywaves of the Lightpad M add more tactile feedback, so you can interact with the surface in a deeper way and gauge each movement more precisely. A thicker, softer silicone layer enhances pressure-responsiveness

Enhanced visual feedback
The surface of the Lightpad M is 50% brighter than the original Lightpad Block. It features higher-definition colors and a higher contrast display, so you can move more quickly between notes, instruments, and scales

Explore a universe of sounds — it's growing all the time
Lightpad M comes with hundreds of sounds from funky synths to string sections to drums. They're all custom-made for 5D Touch. Expand your collection by purchasing soundpacks from cutting-edge sound designers and world-famous artists like Grimes, RZA, and Steve Aoki. The universe keeps growing, with new soundpacks arriving every month

An expanded suite of software for any music maker
Lightpad M comes with an expanded suite of high-powered music production programs. There's something for everyone — from beginners to pros

NOISE
Start making music with NOISE, an app that includes 100+ sounds. It works wirelessly with Lightpad M, so you can play anywhere you have a connected device. iOS and Google Pixel only

Equator Player
Browse 200+ free sounds on a desktop sound player based on Equator, ROLI's flagship soft synth and sound engine

Ableton Live Lite
Turn the Lightpad M into a portable controller for Ableton Live, the renowned digital audio workstation (DAW). Through a customized integration you can play instruments and create tracks within Ableton Live — on the surface of one or multiple Lightpad Ms

Strobe2 Player
A desktop sound player version of the acclaimed polysynth from FXpansion with 50 presets and 3 macros to play with

Tracktion Waveform
A cutting-edge digital audio workstation from Tracktion. Waveform seamlessly integrates the Lightpad's multidimensional expression data and helps you visualise and edit your projects with a range of features that are approachable to learners while also powerful for professionals

BLOCKS Dashboard
Control music software programs outside the NOISE and Equator environment. Lightpad M becomes a versatile controller for Ableton Live, Logic Pro X, and other plug-ins and programs

Max MSP
Push the limits of musical creativity with Max MSP, an open-ended environment for custom music programming. Three-month trial license with every Lightpad M

BLOCKS works with programs including

Ableton: Live

FXpansion: Strobe2

Native Instruments: Kontakt Massive

Bitwig: Studio

Apple: Logic Pro Garageband

SampleModeling: SWAM

Cycling '74: MaxMSP

Spectrasonics: Omnisphere

Start learning with ROLI PLAY
ROLI PLAY is a custom-made companion app that helps you get started with your Lightpad Block. Learn how musical touch works on the Lightpad's surface and start making songs. Your first few hours with a Lightpad can be a musical headrush, and this free app is there to hold your hand

Expand your music studio
Lightpad M is one piece of an award-winning music creation system: BLOCKS. Connect to a Seaboard Block, Live Block, Loop Block, Touch Block — or more Lightpad Blocks including the Lightpad M. All Blocks snap together and work together wirelessly. Mix and match, and build your instrument as you grow!